Senior AI/ML Engineer - Inventory Forecasting & Decision Systems

Lago; United States; Remote; USD 28,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote Work

Growth Opportunities

Innovative Culture

Job summary

Lago seeks a Senior AI/ML Engineer to lead inventory forecasting and decision systems. This is a senior, individual-contributor role with direct business impact, requiring self-direction and comfort navigating ambiguity.

Hours are 9am-6pm Eastern Time (Remote). You will build end-to-end ML solutions, develop data pipelines, and implement LLM/AI-agent workflows to automate domain logic and improve decision-making across inventory planning and pricing.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Python production ML experience.
• Strong time-series forecasting and statistical modeling skills.
• Experience shipping ML models that impact business decisions.
• Proficiency with data pipelines and API integrations at scale.
• Experience with LLM/AI-agent workflows and prompt engineering.
• Ability to work solo in a small, fast-moving team.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve inventory demand forecasting models using ML and statistical methods.
• Own ML models end-to-end: data collection → feature engineering → training → deployment → monitoring → iteration.
• Develop decision systems that support inventory planning, pricing, and demand decisions.
• Build and maintain data pipelines and API integrations for external and internal data sources.
• Work with messy real-world data to ensure model reliability through rigorous validation and testing.
• Implement LLM/AI-agent workflows to translate domain logic into automated processes.
• Operate independently in a small team, setting priorities, unblocking challenges, and communicating tradeoffs clearly.

Skills

Python

Time-series forecasting

Statistical modeling

ML model shipping

Data pipelines

LLM/AI-agent workflows

API integration

Model validation

Self-directed

Job description

Role: Senior AI/ML Engineer — Inventory Forecasting & Decision Systems

Hours: 9am - 6pm Eastern Time (Remote)

USD Salary: $20-$40/HR

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior AI/ML Engineer to drive the development of advanced inventory forecasting and decision systems. This is a senior, individual-contributor role with direct business impact, ideal for a self-directed engineer comfortable navigating ambiguity and building end-to-end ML solutions.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve inventory demand forecasting models using ML and statistical methods.
• Own ML models end-to-end : data collection → feature engineering → training → deployment → monitoring → iteration.
• Develop decision systems that support inventory planning, pricing, and demand decisions.
• Build and maintain data pipelines and API integrations for external and internal data sources.
• Work with messy real-world data to ensure model reliability through rigorous validation and testing.
• Implement LLM/AI-agent workflows to translate domain logic into automated processes.
• Operate independently in a small team, setting priorities, unblocking challenges, and communicating tradeoffs clearly.

Requirements

Must-Have Qualifications

• 5+ years of Python experience in production ML systems (beyond notebooks/research).
• Deep experience with statistical modeling , including ensemble methods, kNN, calibration, cross-validation, and feature engineering.
• Expertise in time-series modeling & forecasting , including seasonality, trend decomposition, safety stock, and demand planning.
• Proven track record of shipping ML models that drive real business decisions (forecasting, pricing, demand planning).
• Strong intuition for messy, real-world data , including bias correction, stale signal handling, error cancellation, and distribution shifts.
• Experience with API integration and data pipeline architecture at scale.
• Hands-on experience with LLM/AI-agent workflows , including prompt engineering and evaluation frameworks.
• Proven ability to validate models rigorously : LOO, backtesting, production vs offline metric gaps.
• Self-directed, comfortable in a fast-evolving, small team environment.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Experience in Amazon marketplace, e-commerce, or retail analytics .
• Familiarity with similarity-based methods (kNN, embeddings, vector search).
• Experience maintaining long-lived model systems (v1 → v30+ iteration cycles).
• Prior startup or founder-adjacent experience .

Benefits

• Remote Work: Work from anywhere—our team is global, and we value work-life balance.
• Growth Opportunities: As a key player i you’ll have the chance to shape your role and grow with us.
• Innovative Culture: Join a team that is passionate about leveraging data to solve challenges and drive success in a rapidly evolving market.

As part of our recruitment process, all candidates are kindly asked to read, understand, and agree to Lago’s Confidentiality and Non-Circumvention Agreement . This ensures a respectful and professional experience for everyone involved.